Fish-hook.



- A. S. HIGKEY.

FISH HOOK. APPLIOATION FILED 3111.111, 1908.

91 1,040. Patented Fe 2, 1909.

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zizizimljfziqfi o (lite-puma o ARTEMAS SHATTUGK HIGKEiY, OF VENICE,CALIFORNIA.

FISH HOOK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 2, 1909.

Application filed July 11, 1908. Serial No. 443,061.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTEMAS SHATTUOK HIoKEY, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Venice, in the county of Los Angeles and State ofCalifornia, have invented a new and useful Fish-Hook, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in fish hooks and has for itsobject to provide a means for securing bait thereto.

It is a well-known fact that anglers expe rience considerably difiicultyin properly securing bait to a hook, and it frequently happens that inorder to prevent loss bending the bait upon itself one or more times isoften necessary, this is especially true where fresh meat and the likeis employed. There are many disadvantages connected with this methodchief among which is that a series of openin s made inthe meat tend tolet the blood fiow from the latter with the result that after a shorttime in the water the bait loses its attractive qualities; anotherdisadvantage resides in the fact that unless a con siderable quantity ofbait is used the shank portion of the hook is exposed.

The present invention aims to remedy these defects by employing a meansto securely fasten the bait to the entire shank and bill of the hook ina manner that will effectively hold the same in position under allcircumstances, it being necessary to pass the barb through the bait butonce and even this is unnecessary in so far as securing the bait isconcerned, the advantage gained being merely to hide the bill and barbfrom view.

With these and other objects in view as of construction and arrangementof parts,

hereinafter fullydescribed, illustrated in the accompanying drawings,and more particularly pointed out in theappended claims; it beingunderstood that various changes in the form, proportion size and minordetails of the device may be made without departing from the spirit, orsacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the accompanying drawing the figure is a perspective view of anordinary fish-hook fitted with my device.

Numerals of reference are employed to designate corresponding partsthroughout.

In the construction illustrated a fish hook is shown comprising theusual shank portion 1, terminating at one'end in the usual eye 2,

by means of which the hook is fastened to a line, the portion extendingfrom the opposite end of the shank 1, curves laterally 1n the usual wayforming the bight 3, which terminates in an inwardly bent bill 4, theend of which is tapered to a sharp point, and formed on the inner faceof the bill isa barb 5.

The foregoing is a description of an ordinary fish hook and forms nopart of the present invention and it is to be expressly understood thatI am not to be limited in ap lying my invention to this specific form 0hook since it will be presently understood how the device can be readilyapplied to most forms of hooks now in use.

Coming now to the essence of the present invention, attention isdirected to the figure of the drawings wherein a wing is shown as beingformed of a single piece of spring wire 6 or other suitable resilientmaterial, bent to the configuration of the hook having one terminalsuitably secured to the eye 2, and its opposed terminal secured to thebill 4, directly beneath the base of the barb 5, while the device hasbeen illustrated as being secured to the hook by twining the terminalsaround the eye and bill portions respectively it is to be understoodthat any other suitable means may be adopted to secure the terminals inposition.

It will be observed that adjacent the upper terminal, or that secured tothe eye, the wing is sprung laterally in a direction away from theshank, so that the normal position of the member will be that shown bydotted lines. An annular clamping member 7, is formed of metal or othersuitable material, the interior diameter of which is sufficient tosnugly fit over the wing 63, and shank l, as shown by dotted lines, sothat when moved longitudinally on the shank and in a direction towardthe bill 3, the sprung portion of the wing will be drawn to the shank asshown in full lines. It will be further observed that the shank isprovided with a plurality of spaced notches 8, of a size sufficient toform seats for the inner face of the member 7, so that when the partsare in position indicated by full lines, the tension of the wing will besufficient to hold themember 7 to its seat, thereby reventing the latterbeing forced toward t e eye 2, from the foregoing it will be obvious,that when a piece of bait has been inserted between the wing and shankand the member moved sufficiently far in the direction toward the bight,

to securely fasten the bait, that danger of the latter becomingdisengaged from the parts will be reduced to a minimum.

What is claimed is.

1. A fish hook provided with a lateral wing the terminals of which aresecured to the bill and shank of said hook.

2. A fish hook provided with a lateral wing the terminals of which aresecured adjacent the opposed ends of said hook, and a means for holdingthe said wing parallel to the shank and bill of said hook.

3. In combination, a fish hook, the shank of which is provided with aplurality of notches, a wing having its terminals secured adjacent theopposite ends of said hook, a member encircling said wing and shank andadapted to enter the notches of the latter and serving to clamp theparts together.

4. A fish hook provided with a lateral wing the terminals ol' which aresecured to the bill and shank o'l said hook, and a mev able memberencircling said. wing and shank.

5. The combination ol a fish hook, the shank o'l' which is provided witha plnralitv oi notches, a lateral wing secured to said hook, a memberencircling said Winn and shank adapted to enter the notches ol thelatter and serving to clamp the parts to gether.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto allixedmy signature in the presence 01' two witi'iesses.

ARTERIAS SllA'lTUCK lllCh'llY.

Y'Vitnesses Josin 1. 1110mm, PLEZ JAMES.

